Gospel: John
6:1-15
Jesus
went across the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd followed him, because they saw
the signs he was performing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and
there he sat down with his disciples. The Jewish feast of Passover was near. When
Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to
Philip, "Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?" He said this
to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do. Philip answered
him, "Two hundred days' wages worth of food would not be enough for each
of them to have a little." One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of
Simon Peter, said to him, "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves
and two fish; but what good are these for so many?" Jesus said, "Have
the people recline." Now there was a great deal of grass in that place. So
the men reclined, about five thousand in number. Then Jesus took the loaves,
gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much
of the fish as they wanted. When they had had their fill, he said to his
disciples, "Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be
wasted."So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker baskets with
fragments from the
five barley loaves that had been more than they could eat. When the people saw
the sign he had done, they said, "This is truly the Prophet, the one who
is to come into the world." Since Jesus knew that they were going to come
and carry him off to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain alone.
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Reflection:
Do you
sometimes doubt when you have a prayer before Jesus?
Our
doubts will always be a stumbling block for the realization of what we pray for.
But why doubt? Perhaps our faith is lacking or perhaps we have not yet
developed a close friendship with Jesus.
In our
gospel for today, Philip and Andrew were already doubting if Jesus would be
able to feed the large crowd who had been following Him. Philip said to Jesus,
"Two hundred days' wages worth of food would not be enough for each of
them to have a little." (John 6:7) Andrew said to Jesus "There is a
boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for
so many?" (John 6:8-9)
Jesus
simply told them: “Have the people recline." And after which the multiplication
of the loaves and fish happened. They were able to feed the five thousand men
and they had plenty to spare.
There is
no impossible with Jesus, everything is possible for him who never distrust
Jesus and who always believe in Jesus.
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